Daniel Rogov wrote: the Wind Advocate
Matt Walter wrote: On the second JPG, could you decode what "young, early or mature" means under the maturity column? I assume that early means it should be cellared for a while, but am not sure...
Gary J wrote: At one point in one of the prior discussions we were talking about the possible lowering of scores. It seems that this DID in fact happen. Are we to believe that tasting them NON-blind they warranted one score while tasting them blind they then deserved to have their scores lowered (as seems to be the case)???
Gary J wrote: Have we already discussed this to death??
Billy M wrote: In the first jpg it lists the Castel C from 2000 and also says that all these wines are kosher. The 2000 C is also listed in the second jpg (though without the indication in each section that the wines are kosher). We all know that Castel went kosher beginning with the 02 Grand Vin and the 03 Petite and C - right??
Gary J wrote:At one point in one of the prior discussions we were talking about the possible lowering of scores. It seems that this DID in fact happen. Are we to believe that tasting them NON-blind they warranted one score while tasting them blind they then deserved to have their scores lowered (as seems to be the case)???
Have we already discussed this to death??
Birger Vejrum wrote:Hi Daniel and all,
Do you find that Mark Squires is the right person to evaluate, make TN, visit producers etc. on wines from Israel?![]()
Sure, MS can go where he wants, but it is not his TN I am looking for when I look for TN on wines from Israel.
Maybe it is just me.
Ciao
Birger
Daniel Rogov wrote:Sheesh….. I even did a recent tasting of wines from Tadjikistan and, to tell the absolute truth, I have never even visited Tadjikistan. Further truth be told, after that tasting I even had to do quite a bit of research to learn about the indigenous grapes used. Despite that, I'll stand comfortably by my evaluations of those wines.
Totally tangential, but I'd be interested in seeing your notes from your Tajikistan tasting. Would you be able to post them?
Sue Courtney wrote: I notice on your jpgs of the reviews and the scores that it doesn't mention Mark Squires, so does his name get lost in translation at some point so that in time the scores become 'Robert Parker' scores.
Daniel Rogov wrote:Sue Courtney wrote: I notice on your jpgs of the reviews and the scores that it doesn't mention Mark Squires, so does his name get lost in translation at some point so that in time the scores become 'Robert Parker' scores.
Sue, Hi....
In the original article which appeared on-line at Mr Parker's site, Mark Squires byline was on the article and scores. Methinks you are correct in that it is more "convenient" for producers to sometimes quote E. Robert Parker than any of those who write with him these days.
Perhaps that is one of the reasons I liked it better when Parker himself was personally responsible for everything that carried his name.
C'est la vie. Tres triste.
Best
Rogov
"In recent months Israeli wines have become the darling of critics in the United States. Several months ago, for example, Robert Parker, by far the most influential wine critic in the world, tasted 90 Israeli wines. In his prestigious Wine Advocate he gave 13 of those wines scores of 90-93, reserved for wines of "exceptional complexity and character." Equally important, 58 wines received scores of between 85-89, putting them in Parker's ratings as "wines that are very good to excellent."
Daniel Rogov wrote:P.S. Glad to see you're reading HaAretz in the USA. My publisher, my editor-in-chief and my editor will all be happy. As am I.
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